Wool Top Shortage Prompt Army Recruiting Drive in Bristol
The Army faces a critical Wool Top shortage needed for soldier clothing and re clothing for the final push against the Germans and Japs. Collins & Aikman in Bristol manufactures the material used in all worsted fabric and wool knitted items. The Army has stationed two officers and seeks 100 workers as a Citizens Committee appeals for volunteers to boost production.
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Quartermaster Department
Collins & Aikman Corporation
Bristol
Manchuria
Asia
Local Columns Share Community Notes and Courtesy
Columns from Bristol offer local interest items and community updates. Shared items invite cooperation and appreciation for contributors, with a focus on everyday town life and neighborly news.
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Bristol
Planning Board Meets Tonight and Local Health Clinic Planned
The Planning Board convenes at 7:45 p m in the Council Chambers Burnside Memorial Building. A diphtheria and whooping cough clinic is set for Thursday at 2 p m in Rockwell House with Dr Paul Thompson leading. Columbine Troop GSA members heading to Hodgman Pool meet at Buffinton's Drug Store at 9 15 a m Saturday. Home Demonstration Group met at Mrs G K Martins 82 High Street to discuss dressmaking and slip covers.
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Council Chambers
Burnside Memorial Building
Rockwell House
Paul Thompson
Columbine Troop
GSA
Hodgman
Buffinton
G. K. Martin
High Street
Bristol Rotary Club Hosts Estate Planning Talk
The Bristol Rotary Club will welcome William R. S. Eaton, treasurer of Rotary District 198, to discuss Estate Planning at tomorrow's noon meeting in Bristol. Eaton, a former Fall River Rotary Club president, will also note a Grotto class initiation opportunities in Warren tomorrow evening and a third degree class on Sunday in Warren.
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Bristol Council
K.of G
Warren
William R.S. Eaton
198Th Rotary
Bristol Rotary Club
Mr. Eaton
Fall River
Rotary Club
For Sale Two Tenement House On Roma Street
For sale one two tenement house with four rooms per floor on a large lot priced reasonably. Contact telephone number 327 for details and inquiries.
Two Properties For Sale In Local Area
On Botham Congregational Street a large lot with a two tenement house and a large lot plus a two and a half story house and a four tenement house both with large lots of land. Reasonable price. Tel 327.
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Beach Terrace
E. J Dube
Warren
Botham Congregational Street
Bay View Perry Plat Dix on Dixon Avenue Lots Sale
Six wood lots plus one seven room house offered on Bay View Perry Plat Dixon Avenue. Mary Oliver of 56814 Wood Street advertises a reasonable price for the parcel bundle.
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Franklin Street
Bay View Avenue
Joseph King
Bay View
Perry Plat
Dixon Avenue
Mary Oliver
Wood Street
From Herreshoff Boatyard to Bristol Items for Hire and Help
Lists engineering equipment at Herreshoff Boatyard including cranes boilers and steel parts. Ads seek a garage mechanic helper and painters with steady work in Bristol and Warren, with contact numbers and addresses. Also notes a house cleaning request and miscellaneous job leads.
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Herreshoff Boatyard
Bristol
Swift-McNutt Co
Marengo St
Tuplin
Es Street
Soldier on furlough and birth announced in Griffin
Pvt Joseph Marshall Jr spends 21 day furlough with mother Evelyn Marshall Traiallo at 10 Terry Avenue. He has been at Camp Blanding and will report to a California camp. Robert Rulon Miller of Griffin announces the birth of son Edward Lawrence yesterday. Mrs Miller is former Ann Dixon Leahy. The baby is the first grandson of Judge and Mrs Edward L Leahy of this town. Frost damage noted, red flannels advised to be worn.
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Wallace L. Mossop
U. S. Army Infantry
Cpl. Mossop
Camp Croft
S.C
President Avenue
Providence
Joseph Marshall, Jr
Evelyn Marshall Traiallo
Erry Avenue
Marshall
Camp Blanding
Xia
California
Ardurs
Robert Rulon-Miller
Griffin
Edward Lawrence
Miller
Ann Dixon Leahy
Edward L. Leahy
Armed Services
New England
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Hope Street
Bryn Ten Ony
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Eales
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Charles B. Rockwell
Point Pleasant Farm
Bennington College
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Angelo Ascoli
Lincoln Avenue
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K. OF C
Girl Scouts
Goglia’s Store
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Joseph Bento
Call Warren
War Department
the Armed Forces
Pearl Harbor
Collins & & Aikman Corporation
Thames Street
Bradford
Aes Ees Bend Ode
St. Mary’s Church
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Kearney Post
No. 6
American Legion Relief Fund Legion
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Tieble
Hope Drug CO
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Gooding Lane
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Hope St
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Toplin
Thames St
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Hopestree
Roma Street
Herreshoff Ik
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Lean House
Phoenix Ce
Automobile Mechanics
Bristol Monace
Rope E Street
Rocha
East
Albertina Ery Rocha
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Apratio
Rebelli
Villanova Park
Bristol Casino Plat
Hope Realty CO
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Lapham Building
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